We are a small and cheerful group who enjoy a challenge
and an opportunity to learn. We are capable of doing any restoration job
in house except plating. We do recognize the special talents of others
and farm out some work, notably engine overhaul and some specialized welding.
We are all pilots and enjoy flying what we fix.

  Mike Posey  
    Mike soloed in 1963 on his 16th birthday. After some college he joined the army and served as a helicopter mechanic from  1969 to 1971. He then finished college and earned his instrument rating, multi engine rating & CFI on the GI bill. He worked night shift in a machine shop while towing gliders and doing some aircraft maintenance. In 1977 Mike's parents took over the operation of the Van Sant airport in Erwinna, PA, which catered mainly to gliders and antique aircraft.  Mike and Larry both went to work with their parents in the daily operation. Mike's A&P and IA ratings proved invaluable in his maintenance responsibilities, and much knowledge was gained working on the older aircraft with their wood and fabric airframes and radial engines.
    In 1986 his parents retired from the FBO business and Mike went to work for Stephen Pitcairn in Robbinsville NJ. He was responsible for the restoration of 4 Pitcairn mailwings, a PA7, NC59W, a PA6, NC548K, a PA8, NC10751, a PA7S, NC13158, in addition to a Luscombe 8C, NC28588. He was also responsible for the restoration of the Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-1 autogiro for the Smithsonian . This Autogiro is currently on loan from the Smithsonian and displayed at the  American Helicopter Museum in Brandywine, PA.  The latest completed restoration is a Stearman 4E special, NC785H.
        In the year 2000 Mike formed Posey Brothers Inc. and is proud to be it's president and janitor! He continues to operate out of the hangars at the Robbinsville airport.

 Larry Posey   
    Larry soloed in 1964 on his 16th birthday. He accumulated many hours in the Posey family Stearman. He joined the family at Van Sant airport in 1977 and performed many of the line service duties, in addition to sightseeing rides and glider towing. Larry has over 5000 flights in gliders. Larry would help with restorations and maintenance when the weather was bad. 
    Larry joined his brother, Mike, in 2001 working at Robbinsville and has been involved in all aspects of antique aircraft restoration from metal fabrication to fabric covering to building wing ribs to painting. His brother considers him indispensable.

 James Cole  
     James (also known as Tommy Tow Bar) isn't sure when he soloed, but he can fly. He has owned and maintained a variety of single engine aircraft. He presently flies a 1931 Great Lakes Biplane, Grumman AA1C Lynx, and his brother's Hughes 269 helicopter.
    James is the fabricator extraordinaire, and usually is the one who comes up with an elegant  solution to a perplexing problem. James usually does all the hard work in the shop.   6/2005   James has left the Posey Brother organization in order to teach and coach at a school near home. We know his talents will be appreciated there and look forward to his visits. His talents at the shop will be missed.

Ric Asplundh
  Ric soloed in 1976, attended Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University from 1977 to 1982 and accumulated a bunch of ratings and certificates, including his A&P. He flew for the family company from 1982 to 1989. During that time he operated and maintained a Grumman AA5B Tiger, Grumman AA1C Lynx, and Cessna 310R. In 1989 he was hired by USAir and was able to use the 310, and later, an R22 helicopter to commute to work. In 2003 he was furloughed from USAirways, and has been working with the group part time. Ric's claim to fame is showing up just in time to go to lunch.

Joe Rommel

   Joe is our senior member and works mornings on jobs like building wings that require both diligence and patience. We like to have him available for advice and ideas.

4/2007 After many years of service to the Pitcairn group Joe has retired from the organization. At 89 years old we figure he is
entitled to retire. Hopefully he will drop by from time to time.

Kelly Posey

    The beautiful Kelly Posey has been working part time for the past few years and recently has been at the shop full time. She is a master at rib building, rib stitching, covering, varnishing, painting, and will tackle almost anything you can throw at her. Kelly is Mike & Larry's niece, and therefore can keep both Mike & Larry in line.

Dylan Sujet
    Dylan came to the operation late in 2006 and holds a private glider certificate. He has a BA in Anthropology so he understands old things. His peers & instructors at UBIA thought he was nuts when he said he wanted to work on tube & fabric aircraft, and he was voted least likely to ever touch a jet. He says his three kids know more about airplanes than he does, and that his patient and beautiful wife is more popular in the shop than he is. Her baked goods are his job security. We are happy to have him onboard.

Stephen Pitcairn
     1924-2008

    Stephen Pitcairn needs no introduction to the antique aircraft community. He soloed in 1940, and got his instrument rating in a Porterfield. He had just 400 hours in his logbook when he went to work for Eastern Airlines, flying DC3s. He spent about three years there before entering the business world. He still regularly flies all of his restored Mailwings and the PCA2 Autogiro, "Miss Champion".

    Stephen generously allows us the use of his shop space, helps search for hard to find things, and keeps us all out of jail. From time to time he even allows us to fly his Mailwings to a show or fly-in.

9/2005  The PCA2 has been enshrined at the EAA museum and can be seen in the "Pitcairn Aviation" hanger at Pioneer field in Oshkosh Wisconsin.